diff --git a/scripts/__init__.py b/scripts/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa331f6c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Intentional empty init file to make this folder a python package
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 688ff7c5c..89cbecf93 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ setup(
     install_requires=REQUIRES,
     packages=['kubernetes', 'kubernetes.client', 'kubernetes.config',
               'kubernetes.watch', 'kubernetes.client.apis',
-              'kubernetes.client.models'],
+              'kubernetes.client.models', 'scripts'],
     include_package_data=True,
     long_description="""\
     Python client for talk to a kubernetes cluster.